Rene Dupree joined the Stamford-based company in 2002. He was an active competitor for about five years, winning the WWE Tag Team Championship and the World Tag Team Championship. The 39-year-old, however, requested his release and left the company in July 2007.
During the most recent Cafe de Rene episode, a fan asked Dupree if WWE had ever given any of his storyline ideas to anyone else. He revealed that he pitched a Devil’s Rejects storyline which basically turned into The Wyatt Family. Dupree revealed that he probably pitched more where WWE gave it to other people as well, but the Wyatt Family really sticks out to him.
Yeah, the Devil’s Rejects storyline which basically turned into The Wyatts. [Oh, really?] Yep. And then remember Charlie Haas’ thing where you imitate guys? Yep, when you imitate different wrestlers and then blow up, that was my idea too. I probably pitched more where they gave it to other people.
Rene Dupree on Cafe With Rene
Dupree last competed in July 2022, when he defeated Daiki Inaba, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kinya Okada, Masaaki Mochizuki, and Shuhei Taniguchi at a NOAH event with Anthony Greene, El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Simon Gotch, and Stallion Rogers.
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